MAMAKO Captions
Live Translation for English Learners, Line by Line on the Classroom Board.
During class, what the teacher says goes up on the board in English and, line by line, in the student's language. The lesson's key terms stay in English with the student's word in brackets, so a student follows the lesson in their own language and still meets the subject's words in English.
Sold to schools as a pool of class hours that every teacher draws on. Students never pay.
How It Works
The Teacher Picks the Language
The teacher can translate the captions into the students’ language, or up to four languages at once on the board, and the lesson’s key terms stay in English with the student’s word in brackets.
Students Follow on the Board
Captions appear in a caption bar over the slides, or fill the screen in board mode, with each word highlighted as the teacher says it. Students follow along on the board.
A Recap After Class
After class, your students get a recap of the lesson and its key words, and you can add a translation in their home language.
For Multilingual Classrooms Taught in English
- Secondary classrooms taught in English, from middle school through high school, including AP and IB, where students learn academic content while they are still developing the language.
- Academic language gets in the way in every English-medium classroom, so MAMAKO is built to run across a whole department.
- MAMAKO works inside the mainstream lesson, alongside EAL specialists, pull-out programs and co-teaching.
Student data
What Happens to Student Data
Each line below is true of MAMAKO today. The student data page and the privacy policy carry the rest.
- MAMAKO never records or stores classroom audio.
- The word-for-word transcript is for the teacher only, and it is deleted automatically 7 days after the lesson.
- Caption translation happens on the teacher’s own computer. The translated text never reaches MAMAKO.
- MAMAKO never sells school data or uses it to train AI models.
How MAMAKO protects student data has the rest: what is kept, who can see it and for how long. The privacy policy is the full statement.
FAQs
Does MAMAKO work across all subjects?+
Yes. It captions the teacher's English in any subject: science, math, humanities and electives. Academic language gets in the way in every English-medium classroom, so MAMAKO is built to run across a whole department.
How accurate is the live transcription?+
Accuracy depends mostly on the microphone and the room. A clip-on microphone and a normal speaking pace give the best results, and a laptop's built-in microphone does worse as the room gets louder or the teacher moves away. No live transcription is perfect, which is why every lesson starts with a mic check that takes seconds.
Do students need accounts?+
No. Students never create MAMAKO accounts. During class they follow the board, and after class they open the recap their teacher shares by link.
How much does MAMAKO cost, and how do we start?+
MAMAKO is sold directly to schools. Your school buys a pool of class hours that all its teachers draw on, with every feature included. Ask for a quote and we will size a pool to your school and email you an estimated price. Students never pay.
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